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Fowler urethral sphincter dysfunction syndrome
Disease definition
A rare urogenital disease characterized by otherwise unexplained chronic urinary retention of more than 1 liter of sterile urine on catheterization, an asensitive bladder with loss of urge to void, and no help of straining. Poor tolerance of self-catheterization is typically reported. The condition occurs in women between menarche and menopause.
ORPHA:2795
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Fowler syndrome
- Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Unknown
- Age of onset: Childhood, Adult, Adolescent
- ICD-10: N39.8
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C2931462
- MeSH: -
- GARD: 2365
- MedDRA: -
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